for tonight shows partly cloudy skies and 27 at 2 am, partly cloudy and 27 at 6 am, and partly cloudy and 29 at 10 am. i'll be back in a few minutes with a look at a big warmup on saturday. it's time for local news that matters! "its not ment to harm its ment to protect " south dakota's governor makes good on a promise to meet with transgender students. "the bill before us, again, allows for 1- year-olds, 2-year- olds, 3-year-olds, 4- year-olds to operate handguns. " iowa lawmakers enage in serious debate of guns "everybody whos had it done says like you, it wasnt that bad " it's an inside look at the life saving procedure known as the colonoscopy. tim:

joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna: and im jenna rehnstrom. going to the doctor can be an anxiety filled event. tim: add in a procedure like a colonoscopy, and for many folks it's a recipe for avoiding the doctor. tim with monitor but march is colon cancer awareness month, and so tongiht we're going to try and lessen some of the uneasyness. when i recently had my first colonoscopy .... the folks at dunes surgical hospital allowed abc9 to bring cameras along. while the video you are about to see isn't graphic, it is actual video of my procedure. it's our hope after watching this report, you'll think again about putting off your first colonoscopy. dr. michalak: "in your case there's not a lot to talk about becasue i didn;t see alot which is what i love to find. healthy guy comes in he's got a healthy colon. could have been a 22 year old," said dr. michalak.

hoping for. a clean bill of colon health. it all started with a reutine visit to my family doctor. dr. bryce robisonl: " we'll call dr. michalak's office my nurse will come back give you a date and time and his prep," said dr. bryce robison. colonoscopy's are recommended for anyone over ager 50. nats "tim seaman, moviprep. any questions?" and process starts by cleaning out the colon. bad stories about the "prep" made me less than excited to schedule a procedure.... but dr. jeff michalak assured me times are changing. dr. jeff michalak "none of them taste fantastic, but the newer preps like movipr that you used is less volumn. splittin prep isnt the standard of care but it will be," said dr. jeff michalak. tim seaman: (broll checking getting to

waiting game until the next morning. dr. michalak: "i want it to be the most boring day i have ever seen. where i come in and there's nothgin. no polyps. i come back we give good news and everybody leaves happy but that's not the reality of it unfortunately," said dr. michalak. tim seaman: the staff at dunes surgical hospital was ready and waiting. after checkin, paperwork and an i-v used to put me to sleep.... i was ready for my first colonoscopy. dr. jeff michalak: "let me know when you're ready, i'm ready. ok lets do it... tell me your birtrtay one mor time" tim seaman: the doctor uses water and air to maneuver his scope to the end of my colon.... that's when the real work begins. dr. jeff michalak: "almost like a slinky. spread it out and go

way out to get to look at each fold," said michalak. nats "prep is good. yea. prep is great," said the doctor. tim seaman: the human colon is made up of multiple folds. dr. jeff michalak: "when we take the scope out it should not be quicker than 6 minutes so that it gives us time to look between the folds," said the doctor. nats pop dr. jeff michalak: "if you come around the turn and dont look up there you could miss something," said the doctor. now our scopes are getting better," added michalak. tim seaman: adanoma's are polyp's that over time can become cancerous if not removed. luckily the doc didn't find any on on this day. dr. michalak: "well good, what i like to see, nice and boring," said michalak. "that prep was fantastic, ya know im not soing to lie he might have been the perfect colon. one minute inibation and 6 minute withdrawl. nine minutes total. he's got to be a role model for all people taking prep," said dr. michalak. "zero discomfort in the procedure. i already feel good, i dont feel sick i dont feel anything. there's no reason someone shouldn't have this done," said seaman. and i get a 10 year pass until i need to be screened again. dr.jeff michalak: "no one that put it off and had a problem says oh yea i'm glad i did. everybody says i wish i would have done it sooner, and now we know that at teh age of 50 there's an increase risk of cancer," said michalak. "everyone who's had it done says it like you it wasnt that bad, so if we can get people throigh that fear, get people that the prep isnt that bad, sadation is a lot better and everything is taken care of at that time," said michalak. (nats driving away) without a clean colon, the doctor can't do his job. dr. michalak works out of several facilities, i had my colonoscopy at tim - jenna on cam need to thank dr.

as long as your not having issues....it's reccommended that age 50 if when we need to schedule a colonoscopy... mine really was not as bad as i had been told it would be. two tips... t a doctor that uses split prep.. so much easier... and get the prep as cold as you can.. i made mine the day and nigth before, and went down just fine.. jenna: a local couple is spreading support for families who experience pregnancy or infant loss... while they honor their own daughter. today, jeremy and lisa cotter donated a cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's in honor of their daughter, elizabeth, who was stillborn on this day last year. they raised thousands of dollars to purchase the bassonet an

stillborn baby cool so that the natural process of death doesn't happen as quickly. that gives parents going through the unthinkable more time with their baby... before they have to say goodbye. "we're doing it in honor of elizabeth. we're celebrating her birthday. this is her birthday present to the hospital, other families...and it feels good to do that" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's. jenna: the cotters raised more than two-thousand dollars more than what was needed for the cuddlecot... so they gave the rest of the money to the nicu (nih- cue) at st. luke's. tim: the orange city fire department has always taken great pride in helping their community and now they're looking for help themselves the department asking citizens to vote in favor of a bond issue coming up in march that would grant them money needed to help purchase upgrades to equipment and to expand from their current five stations. space is becoming more of an issue, hindering the department's ability to properly decontaminate

"we wanna be able to launder our gear properly, we wnat to be able to come back and decontaminate the gear and get everything back the way it should. we don't want our firefighters going home with contaminates and taking it home to their kids, their family our anything else." says fire chief denny vander wel. march first, a vote to help fund the fire department will be held. with the city looking to pass a bond issue of 2- point 7 million of the 3 and a half million dollars needed for the upgrades. if the vote passes the project is expected to be complete by november of 2017 jenna: get ready for sioux city's next big idea. the sioux city growth organization held its sixth annual innovation market tonight. 40 ideas from siouxland entreprenuers were submitted at the event inside the ho-chunk center. entreprenuers got just one sheet of paper to pitch their ideas, with participants voting for the best idea in the room. the innovation market is something organizers say brings people together, and cultivates positive acton in the community.

organization that can help small businesses start up. that's the toughest part of a business starting up is the beginning phasesfrom month one to month twelve and so on. the more help the business has in the beginning process the better." says innovation contestant erik martin. jenna: five finalists will get to pitch their ideas in hopes of getting grant money for their businesses. here's a look at those top five. the grand prize is five-thousand dollars. tim: the federal government has approved an april first rollout date for iowa's privatized medicaid plan. governor terry branstad announced the approval today. iowa is following 39 other states who made similar changes to their medicaid systems jenna: a controversial legislation was approved in the iowa house today allowing children to use handguns. the bill permits children of any age to use a handgun, as long as they are directly parent or guardian. currently, iowa children under

some critics say the gun proposal is ludicrous. (kirstin running- marquardt/(d) iowa state house) "what this bill does, the bill before us, again, allows for 1- year-olds, 2-year- olds, 3-year-olds, 4- year-olds to operate handguns. we do not need a militia of toddlers. we do not have handguns that i am aware of that fit the hands of a 1- or a 2- year-old." supporters of the measure say it strengthens the constitutional strengthens the constitutional right to bear arms in iowa. it now moves on to the iowa state senate, where it's not expected to pass. tim: sioux city state senator rick bertrand is leading a charge to provide iowans suffering from terminal illness the opportunity to help medical research. a bill known as the "right to try bill" would permit the use of medicines not granted approval of the fda on terminal patients.as long as they provide written informed

applauds the support it's received from the legislation saying quote "on behalf of the 97 percent of terminally ill patients who never get a shot at a clinical study, today was a big day," senator bertrand says he hopes the bill will help provide some breakthrough treatments for future patients. the bill now goes to the iowa house. tim: in south dakota's legislature, a bill aiming to distinguish which bathrooms transgendered students in public schools has made it's way through the house and is on its way to the governor's desk. jenna: however, governor dennis daugaard said he had never met a transgender person, so a group of trans people and their supporters went to the capitol, to put a face to their cause. " on what some are calling trans kids visibility day, they couldn't have picked a better place than the steps of the state capitol to make their presence known friends and family from all across south dakota came to the state capitol to rally together

transgender people in the state. one bill which states a transgender student should use the bathroom of their biologic sex and not the sex that they identify with -- has already made it's way to the governor's office. it's why many are making themselves visible to show the face of transgender south dakotans and that there are people who stand beside them. after this meeting, transgender south dakotans are no longer invisible to the governor or state leaders. in pierre, mark roper kendra heathscott says the meeting went well. quote - "he was warm and personable, and wanted to be inclusive to hearing all of our stories. we are grateful that he accepted our invitation a we asked him to veto hb 10-08." governor daugaard says the meeting "put a human face" on the bill. but he will still have to weigh both sides of the issue before deciding wether he will sign it. " still to come...

again? when we return a report from the nevada caucuses when we return. (fred) tonight's ask fred question is "what is the difference between breezy and windy?" the answer, and a look at a breezy day tomorrow, after break!

ada garnering support among caucus goers the field funnelled down now to just 5 candidates on the republican side of the race, with donald trump coming off a big win in south carolina jenna: reporter brittany edney has more from las vegas. "the caucus is still open... so registered republicans are continuing to cast their votes. while some sites are experiencing a little bit of wait time--- the lines are out the door so we're seeing a lot of participation.( (cal granieri/trump supporter:i'm caucusing for donald trump. why? because he tells it as it is

gary french/rubio supporter: i am caucusing for marco rubio. why? we need change in washington, his values are someone i can get behind. )) [[vo tonight, some sites have already had thousands of people to show up.... several locations have reported running out of ballots and the reblican national committee says it is delivering ballots to those sites. the caucus closes at 9-p-m pacific time... and the republicans saw about 41- thousand people pre-register. on the democratic side, 80 thousand voters came out on saturday. for your local election headquarters... in las vegas... im brittany edney.. back to you. / (jenna) fred, what do we expect over the next week? (fred) a couple of chances for light snow, and temperatures

2 line super: fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 47 was the high today and 31 the low. both of those numbers are well above normal. the storm lake skycam hd shows that there isn't much snow left. 31 is the sioux city temperature. temperatures warmed quickly this afternoon when the sun came out, reaching 47 by 3 pm, but cooled fairly quickly this evening under clear skies. local temperatures are a mix of 20s and 30s. the satellite and radar shows quiet weather locally, but it's a very active day in the southeast. look at the storms currently crossing from alabama into

where tornado watches are in effect tonight. we've had severe weather reports from texas to southern louisiana to mississippi to alabama to florida today, including 18 tornado reports and 58 total storm reports. here's a picture of three waterspouts near new orleans today! and here is a picture of major damage tonight to pensacola, florida tonight. more to the north, this storm will bring heavy snow up to 10" to parts of illinois, indiana, and michigan. a winter storm warning will be in effect in the yellow shaded areas, which extend up to chicago. the stormcast hd shows partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow. winds will become breezy tomorrow and

thursday. we have a slight chance of light snow showers on thursday evening, mainly in the west. little to no accumulation is expected. high pressure will arrive thursday night, calming the winds down. then, a

will continue into saturday. temperatures will fall to the 20s tonight, then reach the upper 30s tomorrow. tonight's low will be 23 under partly cloudy skies. tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies, breezy winds, and a slight chance of light snow in the evening. little to no accumulation will be expected. the 7-day forecast shows breezy winds again thursday and 35, then a warmup to 47 friday and 62 saturday. a cold front will bring a cooldown to 43 sunday and strong winds plus a chance of light snow. the difference windy?" the answer gusting) between and windy conditions miles per hour plus. hubbard, ne via email. prize is 4 tickets to show. to enter, send (tim) you bet. jenna:

valley took both regular season matchups with sioux center. could the warriors flip the script in districts? highlights up ahead. tim plus the west girls were one win away from school history. find out if the wolverines could pull the upset on the road and advance to state when we come

special one for the west girls, as they've tied their school record for wins. if they could break that mark tonight though, they'd made more school history, clinching their first ever trip to state. it wouldn't be easy though on the road at number three ankeny centennial. west gets off to a quick start though...amanda gors...in the corner, eventually she feeds madi jensen who finishes for the deuce...west up early. and they add to it...gors on the inbounds to rachel knutson kobold...she fights through the body for the pair. but tasha vipond

just too much to handle on their home court tonight...west falls in the regional final, 66- 42. one other regional final tonight in 4a...spencer sees its season end tonight against the two-time defending state champs from harlan, 55-32. the tigers wrap up their year at 14-8. chris: on the boy's side, saturday is the first night state tournament berths will be on the line. in class 2a, sioux center and rock valley squared off for a spot in substate. the rockets swept the regular season series from the warriors, could they make it 3 for 3? first...matt van engen...gets the putback...sioux center goes up one and he'sll then marcus g strong to the to go off glass for the pair and we're alknotted up in the second. but rock valley gets going...great between jason van maanen for 16. then the kickout to the

down the three pointer to open up an 8 point lead. but the warriors end the half on a 5-0 run...van engen with the 3 point play here...they rally in the second and win it 65-52. in other 2a district finals, top ranked western christian has no trouble with sheldon...it will be wolfpack and warriors saturday night in orange city for a trip to state. and ridge view's season comes to an end tonight. the raptors drop a 69-52 decision against rroll kuemper. 1a semifinals tonight...remsen st. mary's taking on fourth ranked boyden-hull. opening quarter...keaton bohnenkamp with the pump fake.....hoop and the hack! hawks strike first on the scoreboard... then is jacob wesselman with the corner triple.....remsen saint mary's started the game on a 7-0 run..... but the comets bounced right back...kyle bakker with the sweet footwork in the paint....boyden- hull gets on the board.... and shane solberg knows

finds a seam for the deuce and the comets advance to the district final with the 65-50 win. and in the bottom half of the bracket, hms squaring off with central lyon. early third quarter...brian perez collects the deflected pass.....and finishes through contact! hawks cut the lead to eight..... c.j. roths settles the lions down....he bangs home the three from the point....central lyon up 46-36...... a few minutes later....its perez again on a breakaway.....this time he throws it down! the jam brings the hawks within ten.... but the lions were on a mission..nash knobloch.....on the block....central lion pulls away to win it 76-54. finally, the muskies in action on a tuesday night taking on tri-city. just a minute into the game, the captain, ryan zuhlsdorf heads to the box...and the storm strike in ten seconds...nico sturm gets the deflection off the blast from the point...tri-city up 1-0 early. final seconds of the period, storm

cam gornet...the kick save and the beauty just before the horn...the storm though got a pair of goals early in the 3rd...muskies fall, 4-1.

tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies, breezy winds, and a slight chance of light snow in the evening. little to no accumulation will be expected. the 7-day forecast shows breezy winds again thursday and 35, then a warmup to 47 friday and 62 saturday. a cold front will bring a cooldown to 43 sunday and strong winds plus a chance of light snow.

>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- ellen pompeo, from "the walking dead", norman reedus, and music from yo gotti featuring travis barker, with cleto and the cletones.